A cyber espionage group known as “Rocket Kitten” targeted a researcher in a spear-phishing email. The group is targeting individuals rather than organizations for the intel it’s after, researchers say. It’s classic espionage with a geopolitical twist, researchers from Trend Micro and ClearSky say. Rocket Kitten’s targets of late appear to be Iranian dissidents and Israelis, the report says. “We see this often with underground [researchers] acting like a member of the threat actors,” researcher says.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/cyberspies-impersonate-security-researcher